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Source: Reuters

“Several people were killed during unrest in Iran on Thursday, an Iranian news agency and a rights group reported, as the biggest protests to hit the country for three years over soaring inflation sparked violence in several provinces. The semi-official Fars news agency cited a ‘source with knowledge’ as saying several people were killed in clashes on Thursday morning between police and what it said were armed protesters in Lordegan in western Iran. The rights group, Hengaw, also reported deaths in Lordegan, saying security forces had fired on protesters, killing and wounding several of them.” (01/01/26)

https://archive.is/f9riU

Source: The American Conservative
by Doug Bandow

“Europe has obvious reason to be concerned about Russia’s operations. Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys cited the recent explosion damaging a Polish train line to Ukraine as a dangerous ‘escalation’ by Russia: ‘we should address it really seriously because we are minutes from big casualties here.’ Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski declared, ‘This time, it was not just sabotage, as before, but an act of state terrorism, as the clear intention was to cause human casualties.’ However, this is precisely what the allies intend with their aid to Kiev. To kill Russians, lots of them. … Although American sympathies should be with the Ukrainian people, the United States has little at stake in the ongoing war.” (01/01/26)

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/if-europe-confronts-russia-it-should-pay-the-costs/

Source: The Daily Economy
by Donald J Boudreaux

“Today’s economic interdependence makes it surprisingly difficult to know when trade restrictions actually strengthen security — and when they backfire.” (01/01/26)

https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/the-national-security-exception-to-free-trade-is-real-so-are-its-tradeoffs/

Source: Cato Institute

“Banking on Moral Hazard: The Push for $10 Million Deposit Insurance.” (01/01/26)

https://www.cato.org/multimedia/cato-podcast/banking-moral-hazard-push-10-million-deposit-insurance